My family, although they're very large on both my parents' sides, they don't know much about their family tree. Occasionally, they try to dig, but they can't get very far, and it's baffling. In Dublin, it seems that so many public records were wiped out; it's proven to be very difficult, so I know very little.
— Morrissey
I don't iron anything. Never have and never will.
There's no such thing as good news in America.
Let lying dogs sleep is something I always say in reference to the Smiths.
The Queen is the ultimate dictator.
It's so tedious that everyone must be defined.
I don't necessarily think that the world should know everything, and even if you consider yourself to be extremely honest, that doesn't mean you have to blurt everything out all the time.
Pop music has progressed.
I'm capable of looking on the bright side. I just don't do it very often.
Racism is beyond common sense and has no place in our society.
If anyone has seen the horrific and unwatchable footage of the Chinese cat and dog trade - animals skinned alive - then they could not possibly argue in favour of China as a caring nation. There are no animal protection laws in China and this results in the worst animal abuse and cruelty on the planet. It is indefensible.
You can't help but feel that the Chinese are a subspecies.
If you travel to Germany, it's still absolutely Germany. If you travel to Sweden, it still has a Swedish identity.
I feel undefinable actually.
The fire in the belly is essential, otherwise you become Michael Buble - famous and meaningless.
Reggae is vile.
Even though I've been reasonably well known for quite a long time, I still can't get a record on daytime radio or on MTV.
The monarchy is foremost a business, and it's important to them that the British public continue to finance the excessive luxurious lifestyles of the now quite enormous, wasteful and useless 'royal' family. I find it very sad.
For me to think in terms of employing security seems ostentatious.
I never imagined I'd be a solo artist. And now I couldn't imagine being part of a group.
The most common phrase bandied about these days is 'Oh my God'. People say it automatically all the time - not realising that that's a form of prayer.
People don't like me.
The Royal family to me are not England, and they are not the flag.
Once somebody is known, it seems as though anybody anywhere can say anything about them. Whereas if I simply stopped someone in the street and criticised their clothes, their work, their parents, their inner being, I'd be sued and I'd be thrown in prison.
I think the pop chart today is entirely market-driven. And it has nothing to do with public taste. And it has nothing to do with moving music forward. It's simply a market chart.
Those Catholics, they really nab you when you're young.
England is a memory now. The gates are flooded and anybody can have access to England and join in.
I earn more than I thought I would when I became a poet.
I know L.A. well, but it's a police state.
Although I don't have anything against people from other countries, the higher the influx into England the more the British identity disappears.
I don't know what I am.
I would find the idea of compiling a setlist that doesn't wildly excite me to be too restricting.
I think there are unseen powers who don't want pop music to be anything other than glorified Madonnas.
I always seem to be singing against the grain.
I swim when I can but I don't work out.
It's always nice to receive a compliment.
I began to go to concerts when I was 12 years old.
Well, I'm a Catholic by birth and you can never shed it.
All of us, ultimately, we're not that interesting, when it comes down to it.
Everything about my life is private, really. I'm not so sure that any of it has ever been public.
I'm a traditionalist.
I find that it isn't wise to attempt to judge people on their public persona, and even on the music they make. Because I've met so many people whose music I cannot stand, and they're very nice. At the same time, I've met people whose music I've loved, and they're not the person you've invested all this emotion in.
If you love animals, obviously it doesn't make sense to hurt them.
If you walk through Knightsbridge on any bland day of the week you won't hear an English accent. You'll hear every accent under the sun apart from the British accent.
I'm cursed with the gift of foresight.
It could be construed that the reason I wouldn't wish to live in England is the immigration explosion. And that's not true at all.
Life's full of tricky snakes and ladders.
I think I'd be a prime candidate for canonisation.
You are bound to pick up influences.
I know I will never have a hit single in America.
